Anne Fine

Step By Wicked Step is a children's novel by Anne Fine, first published in 1995. In the novel five unrelated children talk about their difficulties with their parents' being separated and with their stepfamilies. The title makes reference to the fictional tradition of the wicked stepmother.

The Other, Darker Ned is a 1979 novel written by author Anne Fine about a girl who hears her blind father complaining to his secretary that she only ever 'mopes' and he wishes that she would do something. She then goes to an Oxfam shop and takes a huge shock when she hears about poverty in India. Ione holds a jumble …

Like an angel, Miss Mirabelle stepped into the lives of the children of Wallisdean Park School. Enchanting she may be, but Miss Mirabelle still ends up in big trouble. The author is a previous winner of the Smarties Prize and the Carnegie Medal.